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Ginnosuke Tanaka | |
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 Ginnosuke Tanaka | |
| Born | 20 January 1873 |
| Died | 27 August 1933 (aged 60) |
Ginnosuke Tanaka (田中 銀之助, Tanaka Ginnosuke, 20 January 1873 – 27 August 1933) is credited with the introduction of rugby to Japan. He was educated at the Leys School in Cambridge and then Trinity Hall, a college of Cambridge University.[1] He introduced rugby to students at Keio University, in 1899, with the help of Edward Bramwell Clarke. Later, he pursued a career in banking.
See also
- Anglo-Japanese relations
- Japan national rugby union team
- Japan Rugby Football Union
- Kikuchi Dairoku
- Japanese students in Britain
References
- ^ "Tanaka, Ginnosuke Gisei (TNK893GG)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- For the historical background see 'Britain's Contribution to the Development of Rugby Football in Japan 1874–1998' by Alison Nish, Chapter 27, Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits , Volume III, Japan Library, 1999 ISBN 1-873410-89-1
- Japanese Students at Cambridge University in the Meiji Era, 1868–1912: Pioneers for the Modernization of Japan, by Noboru Koyama, translated by Ian Ruxton, lulu.com, 2004. ISBN 1-4116-1256-6).